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Adjumani district authorities have expressed concern over hesitancy among South Sudan refugees to embrace Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Authorities think that the low uptake of the vaccines by the refugees may affect the opening of schools next year. The district chairman Mr Ben Anyama disclosed that he is dismayed to learn

Owino market The week ended with a dubious situation featuring the chairperson of St Balikudembe market commonly known as Owino who was evicted on THursday by the Resident city commissioner for Kampala central division Hajjati Hawa Namugenyi Ndege, reoccupying her office under heavy security. Ms Suzan Kushaba, has held this

The Cultural leader of the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu-OBR institution in Kasese District Charles Wesley Mumbere has halted his 12th coronation anniversary celebrations that were due to take place on Tuesday. OBR had looked set to celebrate its first coronation anniversary in 5 years since the arrest of Mumbere when the

An agro-input dealer explains how to spot a fake product during an exhibition. The committee set up to investigate poor quality agro-chemicals has been urged to create a data bank to be able to estimate how big the acaricides business is in Uganda and how much of that has been

On Saturday the 16th of October, 2,814 people got vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Kololo Independence Grounds, the biggest number to be achieved from a single location in one day.Of these, 2,483 received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while 331 received their second jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine.The

The latest figures compiled by Interpol-Uganda show that hackers have become more lethal in this Covid-19 era.  The statistics on cyber-crimes contained in a report by Interpol director Senior Commissioner –SCP Charles Birungi, indicate that USD 4Million about 14.4 Billion shillings has been lost to online fraudsters in the last

Bududa MPs are requesting the government to consider resettling mudslide victims within their own district of Bududa.  This after the people who were affected during the 2010 Nametsi landslide and 2018 Bukalsi floods were taken to Kiryandongo  and Bulambuli districts respectively.  During presentation of their memo to the prime minister

The prime minister, Robinah Nabbanja has vowed to investigate mismanagement of funds involved in the construction of the 2.5 billion Shillings Bukungu ice plant. Nabbanja stresses that failed operationalization of the multibillion project, even when available records indicate that the funds to ensure full capacity functionality of the same plant

UNATU General Secretary Filbert Baguma Science teachers say they are finding it hard not to blame UNATU for the interference with the salary increment process for the scientists in the teaching profession. Under their umbrella body, Uganda professional science teachers Union -UPSTU, they are convinced that the Uganda National Teachers